oppositionist
nounEtymology From opposition + -ist.
1
A person who opposes; especially a member of an official opposition
- They felt that the fellow was a quockerwodger rather than a politician, an againster rather than a true American, an oppositionist in fundamental things rather than a sincere patriot.1944, Morris Allison Bealle, Washington Squirrel Cage, page 9:
- I see your marriage as a move to establish links with the oppositionist Russian intelligentsia.2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 137:
- Related terms
- oppositionism